Shelby Stanga is an American reality television star, he has a net worth of $400 thousand. Shelby Stanga has earned his net worth as the star of Ax Men, an American documentary reality television series which airs on the History Channel. Shelby Stanga moved to the swamps north of New Orleans when he was only nine years old. He has been a logger for over 37 years in this area, joined by his dog Wiley, and some of his friends Earl and Bob, as well as his cousin Jarvis. He is part of the Swamp Man Logging team on the third and fourth season of Ax Men reality television series. Stanga and his crew worked the summer logging season on the show. The Swamp Man Logging team, also appear in season five of the television reality series. Some of the logs he recovers sank over 100 years ago and have been sitting in the mud, some for more than 100 years. Some of these trees range in age from 2,000 years old to 5,000 years old, and have absorbed minerals from the mud in a process that alters the appearance of the wood. This process results in a rainbow of colors - yellow, red, blue, green, purple and brown - and a very attractive product that Stanga sells to such furniture-makers as the Northshore's Keith Dufour.

The Legend of Shelby The Swamp Man wrapped up its season run on HISTORY with two big time shows. In “Swining & Dining”, Shelby The Swamp Man took his citified 30 year-old nephew Shane along on a hog hunt to make up for all the time Shane’s been out ...

Last season, Shelby brought in a record haul and used the pay day to buy a saw mill and a plot of land. But, now there’s a problem: he’s got a logging empire and no logs. So, it’s back to basics as the Swamp man does what he does best—heading deep ...